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On Jun 13, 7:07=A0pm, bolega <gnuist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to compare LISP/Scheme/Python for their expressiveness.
>
> For this, I propose a vanilla C interpreter. I have seen a book which
> writes C interpreter in C.
>
> The criteria would be the small size and high readability of the code.
>
> Are there already answers anywhere ?
>
> How would a gury approach such a project ?
>
> Bolega

Maybe instead of full C, you should try something simplified, like
Tiny-C (http://primepuzzle.com/tc/) or Arena, or maybe even Pike (some
minimal variant thereof).